Country diary: I inhaled a whiff of wolf urine โ€“ it was the true essence of wilderness | Mark Cocker

Biaล‚owieลผa Forest, Poland: This is a vast and overwhelming place, a glimpse into a world as it was before we came alongThis place, which straddles two eastern European countries, has a reputation as the continentโ€™s last primeval forest โ€“ a glimpse of a…

UK politics: โ€˜Itโ€™s not a customs unionโ€™: No 10 leaves door open to joining pan-Europe scheme โ€“ as it happened

Downing Street says EUโ€™s suggestion of UK joining agreement would not cross its โ€˜red linesโ€™ for closer tiesWhat is the pan-Europe customs area?Here is Downing Street news release on the governmentโ€™s plans to limit the extent to which judicial review ca…

More than 400,000 songbirds killed by organised crime in Cyprus

Report links rise in birds trapped for human consumption to cuts in anti-poaching resources in area of British military baseMore than 400,000 songbirds were trapped and killed in Cyprus last autumn as part of a recent increase in wildlife crime, accord…